Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Kurtco

Honorable mentions:
- Arcade Fire - Funeral
- The Beatles - Abbey Road
- Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
- Bob Marley & The Wailers - Exodus
- Burial - Untrue
- CAN - Ege Bamyasi
- Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica
- Charles Mingus - The Black Saint And The Skinner Lady
- David Bowie - Low
- Dr. Dre - The Chronic
- Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
- Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full
- Frank Ocean - Blonde
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced ?
- Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
- Kany West & Kid Cudi - Kids See Ghosts
- Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, m.A.A.d City
- Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
- Miles Davis - In A Silent Way
- Nirvana - Nevermind
- Pink Floyd - Animals
- Portishead - Dummy
- Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...
- Tyler, The Creator - Flower Boy
- The Who - Who's Next ?

• Chart updated: 03/01/2019 22:15
• (Created: 01/20/2019 17:12).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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Doolittle 

 Pixies

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Alternative Rock

Pixies is one of my favorite bands, this band has inspired many other great bands such as Nirvana, Daughters and even Hip-Hop crew like De La Soul. Their best album is by far "Doolittle", all by itself this album is a best-of of the band. The fifteen titles are masterpieces. For me, it remains the best album of alternative rock and noise rock. This album has not aged, it is always great between violence and cool attitude, beetween "Debaser" and "Gouge Away", Pixies have managed to create a timeless classic. Frank Black is one of the greatest genius of rock ... "Doolittle" is the perfect rock album, a classics composed only of hits that will never be forgotten.

10/10

Best track: "Debaser" [First added to this chart: 01/21/2019]

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

2,492 charts

Rank Score:

37,394

Rank in 1989:

1

Rank in 1980s:

2

Overall Rank:

18

Average Rating:

 88 (2,871 votes)

Comments:

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Remain In Light 

 Talking Heads

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New Wave, Post-Punk

Alert to cult record !!!!
Talking Heads is one of my 5 favorite bands (with Velvet, RATM, Radiohead and Pixies), their originality is extraordinary and their sound is unique and dancing.
In the early 80s, David Byrne and Brian Emo (2 great geniuses of music) create a musical UFO that is probably one of the most cult of all time. "Remain In Light" is totally revolutionary in the use of instruments since it mixes African rhythms and urban electronics. The legendary Talking Heads album remains as danceable and modern. This record is fabulous and visionary.

10/10

Best track: "Once In The Lifetime" [First added to this chart: 01/21/2019]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

1,966 charts

Rank Score:

30,730

Rank in 1980:

1

Rank in 1980s:

3

Overall Rank:

27

Average Rating:

 87 (2,223 votes)

Comments:

192

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Rain Dogs 

 Tom Waits

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Rock, Singer-Songwriter

In 1985, Tom Waits released "Rain Dogs". The album is unclassifiable: it is both jazzy and rock. This album offers us 19 short titles assembled strangely. I'm a big fan of Tom Waits: his music is weird but really interesting. His voice is extremely special and creates a reel universe around his music. This album is a real musical experience to live at least once in this life. The guitarist Keith Richards is present on some songs of the album. "Rain Dogs" is one of my favorite albums of the 80s, it is really excellent and creative.

10/10

Best track: "Time" [First added to this chart: 01/21/2019]

Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

1,115 charts

Rank Score:

13,095

Rank in 1985:

2

Rank in 1980s:

14

Overall Rank:

108

Average Rating:

 84 (1,305 votes)

Comments:

85

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Paul's Boutique 

 Beastie Boys

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Hip-Hop

Beastie Boys are one of my favorite band (All genre confused). Despite being a commercial failure at the time, "Paul's Boutique" is the best album of the Beasties.
Absolute masterpiece, production model, deluge of samples, the album is an indisputable reference to rock culture composed of archive samples and that's why I love it. Each title of "Paul's Boutique" is extremely punchy with dynamic beats and cult hip-hop vocals. The Beastie Boys confirm, with "Paul's Boutique", a style of their own, mix of rap and rock, particularly inventive. Over time, this album has truly transformed into an absolute reference of the rap of the eighties, far from calibrated, formatted and standardized rap. It remains, after more than a quarter of a century, a unifying album, audacious, effective, completely unclassifiable and really essential for the music.

10/10

Best track: "Shake Your Rump" [First added to this chart: 01/21/2019]

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

838 charts

Rank Score:

7,245

Rank in 1989:

4

Rank in 1980s:

29

Overall Rank:

238

Average Rating:

 82 (1,010 votes)

Comments:

53

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Thriller 

 Michael Jackson

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[First added to this chart: 01/21/2019]

Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

1,574 charts

Rank Score:

16,891

Rank in 1982:

1

Rank in 1980s:

9

Overall Rank:

77

Average Rating:

 82 (2,101 votes)

Comments:

159

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Violent Femmes 

 Violent Femmes

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[First added to this chart: 02/03/2019]

Year of Release:

1983

Appears in:

875 charts

Rank Score:

8,199

Rank in 1983:

2

Rank in 1980s:

25

Overall Rank:

201

Average Rating:

 81 (971 votes)

Comments:

73

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Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables 

 Dead Kennedys

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[First added to this chart: 02/03/2019]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

663 charts

Rank Score:

4,922

Rank in 1980:

5

Rank in 1980s:

48

Overall Rank:

366

Average Rating:

 80 (735 votes)

Comments:

47

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Purple Rain 
Soundtrack

 Prince And The Revolution

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[First added to this chart: 01/21/2019]

Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

1,378 charts

Rank Score:

16,462

Rank in 1984:

1

Rank in 1980s:

11

Overall Rank:

81

Average Rating:

 83 (1,592 votes)

Comments:

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The Queen Is Dead 

 The Smiths

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[First added to this chart: 01/21/2019]

Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

2,424 charts

Rank Score:

39,127

Rank in 1986:

1

Rank in 1980s:

1

Overall Rank:

17

Average Rating:

 88 (2,836 votes)

Comments:

264

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Disintegration 

 The Cure

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[First added to this chart: 01/21/2019]

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

1,761 charts

Rank Score:

27,786

Rank in 1989:

2

Rank in 1980s:

4

Overall Rank:

32

Average Rating:

 86 (1,966 votes)

Comments:

150

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	1	1%
1960s	16	16%
1970s	24	24%
1980s	13	13%
1990s	25	25%
2000s	14	14%
2010s	7	7%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%
Bob Dylan	3	3%
Radiohead	3	3%
Pink Floyd	2	2%
Ween	2	2%
Björk	2	2%
The Beatles	2	2%
David Bowie	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%
	53	53%
	27	27%
	4	4%
	4	4%
	3	3%
	3	3%
	2	2%
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From ForegroundNoise 11/07/2022 09:49

This chart is perfectly presented, especially for the first 30 entries. It's clear how deeply you adore these albums and your enthusiasm is infectious. Looks like you haven't touched this in a few years, would love to see how your opinion on these records has changed since 2019!

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From Larcx13 06/29/2020 15:01

Amazing list!!

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From emptysquares 06/24/2019 17:21

Great chart, thoughtful comments.

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From gidgidi 06/16/2019 22:52

Detailed, original, and interesting picks, great taste in music, this chart is perfect!

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From PeterSmith 06/16/2019 22:16

I like your chart. Love people finding Ziggy saw impressive so long after its release and glad that it isn't just a moment in time. Just found RATM recently and it blew me away.
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From DommeDamian 03/17/2019 08:30

Why. Have. I. Not. Discovered. This. Classy. Ass. Chart. Until. Now???

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From Paule 03/03/2019 22:53

Undeniably a great, classic chart! Maybe add one album that is a bit more out of left field and personal ;)

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From ffudnebbuh 02/22/2019 14:14

We have similar tastes. really like the variety...great chart.
I am surprised that everyone still appreciate the "velvet underground and nico" album.. That came out when I was in 7th grade..so great. never gets old. Came out during the 'summer of love' with 'are you experienced" (may 31st), "sgt pepper"(june 1st) and "surrealistic pillow". amazing
summer for music. and then there was all of the singles being released on AM radio..every day was something new. I can't explain it..I was lucky to have been a kid then.

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From RoundTheBend 02/09/2019 18:17

Amazing top 10, even if I'd keep the same artist and swap another album of theirs. Well balanced and fine choices. 29 artists in common.

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From Strangel 01/27/2019 08:58

This strikes me as a very well thought out objective Greatest Albums chart. You have found 3 albums outside the top 500 on this site and all of those three are inside the top 1000. Do you have some less acclaimed favourites that you believe warrant being in the company of some of these classics? I reckon music appreciation is largely a subjective experience. The objective stuff is important in assessing the best of the best, of course, but surely you have more outliers beyond the top 500 that warrant a call out.

Nonetheless I agree with many of your choices. It’s good to see you have an appreciation for the Icelandic beauty of Sigur Ros and Björk amongst the acclaimed classics.

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